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U. S. YEAR-END REVIEW 2013

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company WELCOME

ERIN CRAWFORD Music is everywhere. Anybody that doubts the impact of music in popular culture needs SVP Entertainment to look no further than a review of 2013. Beyoncé bookended the year - first with her performance during the half-time show at the Super Bowl (joined by her former Destiny’s General Manager, Music Child bandmates) and closing the year with her “surprise” audio/video release, which has Nielsen already become one of the ten best selling digital of all time with over a million digital albums sold in just three weeks. In between, music fans treated to a year of creative release events by such artists as Jay-Z, , and . In addition to the great awards shows and celebrations, such as the and the , we were also brought the first YouTube Music Awards, celebrating the consumer’s favorite video streams of the year – this amid continued growth in all forms of music streaming.

With year-over-year growth of 32% in streaming consumption (to over 118 billion streams) and with Nielsen consumer research showing that 68% of U.S. consumers reporting streaming music in the past year, we are seeing a surge in music consumption. As is always the case with the music industry, technology is an ever-changing driver of how music is consumed, and today’s consumer has more access to music than ever before - from their connected devices to the all-access models that digital presents.

What you will see in this report is a snapshot of the year in music - everything from sales and consumption, to consumer research, to trends in the industry and a recap of the biggest events of the year. The music industry and the music consumer are changing and at Nielsen we are constantly analyzing these changes. So let’s take a look back at 2013 - all the while with anticipation for what surprises 2014 has in store for us.

1 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review NOTABLE 1 INDUSTRY EVENTS

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST

ABOUT

Nielsen teamed with SXSW to present “The Buyer and the Beats,” a groundbreaking study which identified that an incremental WELCOME $450 MILLION to $2.6 BILLION could be spent on music by fans.

THE AFICIONADO FAN

We identified that this top-tier connoisseur of music, the aficionado, is willing to spend on all formats of music, including artist merchandise, concerts, and online streaming services. • 14 % of the total music consumer population are aficionado fans, and they comprise awhopping 34% of the share of music spend. • 68% of aficionado fans are very likely or likely to contribute to a campaign for exclusive content.

RADIO SHOW

ABOUT We released a white paper called “What Would Happen To The Music Industry If Programmers Using Streaming As A Discovery Tool?” that talked about the role streaming plays as a potential way for the broadcast industry to benefit.

KEY FINDINGS • 48% use radio as their primary source of discovering music in the U.S.

• For Tim McGraw’s “One of Those Nights” and B. Smyth ft. ’s “Leggo,” our research found that as airplay continued to increase, with radio promotion and continued exposure, sales and on-demand streams lifted as well. • Pop twosome ’s story shows how impactful on-demand streaming is. When they first showed up on YouTube, their videos racked up hundreds of millions of online video streams. Fast-forward ahead, and Karmin has an aggregate of nearly 3 MILLION digital tracks sales and over 23.4 MILLION streams since the beginning of 2013.

CANADIAN

ABOUT Nielsen presented the State of the Canadian Industry report and awarded the BDS Cutting Edge Award and Nielsen SoundScan Emerging Artist Award to 93.7 JR FM and Duffield, respectively.

ALBUMS

42.7 MILLION albums (including TEA) were sold in in 2012, which was a 3.4% increase for the year, the highest since 2007.

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 2 2 TV & POP CULTURE

THE VOICE

YOUNG THE GIANT Contestant covered Young the Giant’s “Cough Syrup.” The week after, sales for the original track went up 764%.

JACK WHITE Contestant James Wolpert sang ’s “,” which saw an increase in downloads of 2,218%.

THE X FACTOR

CARRIE UNDERWOOD ’s song “Blown Away” had a 54% lift, selling over 10,000 units the week after 13 year-old Rion Page sang it during her audition.

CECE WINANS Lily McCloud’s version of CeCe Winans’ “Alabaster Box” brought tears to the judges eyes and the original track, released back in 1999, saw sales shoot up by 1,902% the week after the show aired.

COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

AUDIENCE 16.7 MILLION viewers tuned in to the CMA Awards show broadcasted on ABC.

TWITTER 8 MILLION people saw 1.7 MILLION Tweets sent about the CMA Awards.

JT IS BACK PART ONE The 20/20 Experience sold 968,000 albums its first week.

PART TWO Six months later, the second part to the , The 20/20 Experience Complete totaled 360,000 in sales in its first week debut.

3 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review NFL/SUPER BOWL

AUDIENCE Over 108 MILLION viewers tuned in.

HALFTIME

• Beyonce’s digital tracks saw sales lifts: Baby Boy (+394%), Halo (+338%), End of Time (+251%), (+225%), Single Ladies (+140%), Love on Top (+88%).

• The Destiny’s Child mini resulted in bumps as well for “Independent Woman” (+550%), and “Bootylicious” (+347%).

COMMERCIALS Music in commercials continue to be winners the week after the Super Bowl: • 95% increase in sales for ’s “Landslide” for Budweiser. • 36% increase for ’ “Sympathy for the Devil” for Mercedes Benz.

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

AUDIENCE 10 MILLION viewers tuned in for the show between 9:00 PM and 11:23PM EST.

TWITTER The most shared Tweet came from E! Online asking how their followers felt about ’ performance. It was retweeted over 18,000 times.

STYLIN’ from the award-winning group tweeted “VMA,” which was retweeted the most – over 35 MILLION times.

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

AUDIENCE Over 9.47 MILLION viewers tuned in to the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19, 2013, the highest ratings for the awards show in 12 years.

# Icon Award winner Prince’s #prince was used in 12,000 tweets.

#MIGUEL The #miguel hashtag was tweeted 19,000 times and @MiguelUnlimited was mentioned over 36,000 times.

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 4 YOUTUBE AWARDS

ABOUT The first ever YouTube Music Awards launched this year, honoring the best in the world. Held in , the awards featured performances by notable artists including , Lady Gaga, , and more.

LINDSAY STIRLING The winner of the Response of the Year Award saw album sales jump up 385% one week after the show.

GRAMMYS

AUDIENCE Over 28 MILLION viewers tuned in.

RECORD OF THE YEAR feat. ’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” had a sales increase of 101% and the album as a whole was up 124%.

SONG OF THE YEAR Fun. featuring Janelle Monae’s “” sold over 6 MILLION songs as of the Grammys. The song post-Grammy week increased 182%, while the album “Some Nights” increased 87% in sales.

LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS

SONG OF THE YEAR Carlos Vives won Song of the Year for “Volví a Nacer” and saw a 354% jump in sales the week after the awards.

RECORD OF THE YEAR Given to for “Vivir Mi Vida,” the song saw a 93% increase in sales after the Grammys.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR Draco Rosa won Album of the Year for Vida, which increased 176% in sales over the next week.

IN MEMORANDUM: Cory Monteith - May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013 Cory Monteith, most recently known as Finn Hudson on the television series , brought some of music’s most beloved songs to light in the comedy-drama. ALBUMS OVER 7 MILLION albums sold with the Glee Cast to date. TRACKS OVER 38 MILLION tracks sold with the Glee Cast to date.

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3 A YEAR FOR APPS

JAY Z/ APP

Jay Z’s album sold 528,000 units during the first week it went on sale despite being a freebie in his Samsung app, marking a stronger first week than his previous album Blueprint 3.

LADY GAGA’S ARTPOP APP

Released as a free app the same day as her album, “Artpop” sold over 250,000 albums in the first week.

MOBILE APP INSIGHTS

GENDER SPLIT When it comes to gender, music mobile app and site users are equally split as of August 2013, a leveling out that has become more apparent compared to 2012, when the male/female split was 47%/53%.

SESSIONS Males typically have 18 mobile app sessions a month, while females have 15. While the gender gap is closing, males continue to listen more frequently on these platforms and this trend seems to be growing.

OS Operating system usage for music mobile site and app users are heavily Android leaning - 62% are Android users while 38% are iOS users.

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 6 4 THE MUSIC CONSUMER

THE HISPANIC CONSUMER

BUYING POWER This consumer has a projected buying power of $1.5 TRILLION by 2017.

STREAMING MUSIC They are 15% more likely than the average adult user to pay for a streaming music subscription.

DOWNLOADS Latin track downloads have been rising over the past three years (31.1 MILLION in 2010, to 33.7 MILLION in 2011, to 35.3 MILLION in 2012).

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSUMER

ONLINE RADIO The African American consumer is 12% more likely than the average adult online Internet user to listen to radio primarily online.

RECOMMENDATIONS This consumer is 17% more likely than the average adult online consumer to provide frequent advice about music.

STREAMING This group is 9% more likely than the average adult online consumer to have any paid streaming subscription.

THE LGBT CONSUMER

PAID STREAMING This consumer is 36% more likely than the average adult to use a paid subscription streaming music service and 81% more likely to listen to concert recordings online.

RADIO STATION CHOICE When it comes to choosing a radio station, they are 173% more likely than the average adult to listen to world music and 88% more likely to listen to Spanish music.

7 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review THE MUSIC CONSUMER

OVERVIEW Here are some of the takeaways uncovered in our second annual MUSIC 360 U.S. REPORT, which explores THE MUSIC CONSUMER music consumption, discovery, brand perception and more.

BRAND SPONSORSHIPS 51% of all consumers report feeling more favorable toward brands that sponsor a tour or concert.

MUSIC STREAMING 68% of the U.S. population reports they have streamed music online in the last year.

RADIO 63% of music listeners report discovering new music through terrestrial radio.

Latin track downloads have been rising over the past three years (31.1 MILLION in 2010, to 33.7 MILLION in 2011, to 35.3 MILLION in 2012). THE TEEN CONSUMER

LISTENING The teen consumer listens most often and spends the most time listening to music (approximately 5.8 HOURS per week).

GETTIN’ APPY Teens have the most music apps on their smartphones – approximately seven on their primary smartphone – more than any other age group.

BLACK FRIDAY/CYBER MONDAY CONSUMPTION

CDS 29% of the year’s CD sales occurred between the first week of November and the last week of December, making it an important time for mass merchants.

ALBUM SALES There was a 62% increase in album sales over the prior week on week ending 12/1/13, the week of /Cyber Monday/Small Business Saturday.

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 8 CONSUMPTON 5 PRESENTED BY NIELSEN AND BILLBOARD

OVERALL MUSIC STREAMS DIGITAL TRACK SALES (INCLUDES DATA FROM AOL, CRICKET, MEDIANET, RDIO, RHAPSODY, (IN MILLIONS) SLACKER, , YOUTUBE/, ZUNE - IN BILLIONS) 2013 2012 % CHG.

MUSIC STREAMS 2013 % CHG. UNITS SOLD 1,259 1,336 -6% 118.1 BILLION +32%

OVERALL MUSIC SALES PHYSICAL MUSIC SALES (TRANSACTIONS: ALBUMS, SINGLES, MUSIC VIDEO, DIGITAL TRACKS– (INCLUDES CDS, CASSETTES, LPS - IN MILLIONS) IN MILLIONS) 2013 2012 % CHG. 2013 2012 % CHG. UNITS SOLD 1,556 1,661 -6.3% UNITS SOLD 172 198 -13%

OVERALL ALBUM SALES WITH TEA CURRENT VS. CATALOG SALES (IN MILLIONS) (INCLUDES ALL ALBUMS & TRACK EQUIVALENT ALBUMS – OVERALL ALBUMS IN MILLIONS) 2013 2012 % CHG. 2013 2012 % CHG. UNITS SOLD 415.3 450 -7.7% CURRENT 152 161 -5.8% CATALOG 138 155 -11.1% NOTE: TRACK EQUIVALENT ALBUMS EQUATE RATIO OF 10 TRACKS TO 1 ALBUM PHYSICAL ALBUMS 2013 2012 % CHG. CURRENT 89 101 -11.3% CATALOG 82 97 -15.5%

TOTAL ALBUM SALES DIGITAL ALBUMS (INCLUDES CDS, CASSETTES, LPS, DIGITAL ALBUMS - IN MILLIONS) 2013 2012 % CHG. CURRENT 62.3 60 +3.5% 2013 2012 % CHG. CATALOG 55 57 -3.8% UNITS SOLD 289.4 316 -8%

2013 2012 % CHG. DIGITAL TRACKS CD 165 193 -14% 2013 2012 % CHG. DIGITAL 118 118 0% CURRENT 594 603 -1.5% LP/VINYL 6.1* 4.6 +33% CATALOG 666 733 -9.2%

9 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review ALBUM SALES: GENRE BREAKDOWN

FORMAT: ALBUM 2012 2013 % CH (YOY UNITS) CONSUMPTON ALTERNATIVE 16.8% 17.4% -4.7% CLASSIC 2.4% 2.8% 4.9% COUNTRY 14.2% 13.8% -10.7% HARD MUSIC 10.1% 10.2% -8.2% 2.6% 2.3% -18.6% R&B 15.9% 17.5% 1.2% RAP 7.8% 8.7% 2.2% 4.0% 4.0% -8.4% LATIN 3.1% 2.9% -12.8% ROCK 33.9% 34.8% -5.9% (INCLUDES CDS, CASSETTES, LPS - IN MILLIONS) ELECTRONIC 2.8% 3.0% -0.3%

DIGITAL TRACKS – GENRE BREAKDOWN (IN THOUSANDS) SALES: % OF TOTAL: TRACKS 2012 2013 % CHANGE: 2012 2013 TOTAL 1,335,881 1,259,786 -5.7% 3,014 2,526 -16.2% 0.2% 0.2% CHILDREN 4,675 4,021 -14.0% 0.3% 0.3% CHRISTIAN/GOSP 34,354 32,813 -4.5% 2.6% 2.6% CLASSICAL 7,041 5,945 -15.6% 0.5% 0.5% COMEDY 5,094 4,577 -10.1% 0.4% 0.4% COUNTRY 162,075 159,237 -1.8% 12.1% 12.6% DANCE/ELECTRON 53,005 57,469 8.4% 4.0% 4.6%

DIGITAL ALBUMS HOLIDAY/SEASON 12,072 9,336 -22.7% 0.9% 0.7% 2013 2012 % CHG. JAZZ 8,774 7,597 -13.4% 0.7% 0.6% CURRENT 62.3 60 +3.5% LATIN 21,061 19,266 -8.5% 1.6% 1.5% CATALOG 55 57 -3.8% NEWAGE 1,548 1,375 -11.2% 0.1% 0.1% POP 303,751 257,308 -15.3% 22.7% 20.4% DIGITAL TRACKS 2013 2012 % CHG. R&B/HIP-HOP 249,330 233,953 -6.2% 18.7% 18.6% CURRENT 594 603 -1.5% ROCK 323,772 284,319 -12.2% 24.2% 22.6% CATALOG 666 733 -9.2% WORLD 8,696 6,047 30.5% 0.7% 0.5%

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 10 2013 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS W/TEA (INCLUDES ALL ALBUMS & TRACK EQUIVALENT ALBUMS) TITLE/ARTIST UNITS SOLD 1 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 3,086,000 2 / 2,479,000 3 & / THE HEIST 2,462,000 4 / 2,328,000 5 EMINEM / MARSHALL MATHERS LP2 2,298,000 6 FLORIDA LINE / HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES 2,238,000 7 / 1,930,000 8 / 1,930,000 9 / PRISM 1,650,000 10 P!NK / TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 1,604,000

2013 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS (INCLUDES ALL CD, DIGITAL, & VINYL ALBUMS) TITLE/ARTIST UNITS SOLD 1 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 2,427,000 2 EMINEM / MARSHALL MATHERS LP2 1,727,000 3 LUKE BRYAN / CRASH MY PARTY 1,521,000 4 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 1,402,000 5 BRUNO MARS / UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX 1,399,000 6 / HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES 1,350,000 7 DRAKE / NOTHING WAS THE SAME 1,344,000 8 BEYONCE / BEYONCE 1,301,000 9 / BASED ON A TRUE STORY 1,109,000 10 JAY Z / MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL 1,099,000

2013 TOP TEN SELLING (COMBINES ALL DIGITAL TRACK VERSIONS OF A SONG) TITLE/ARTIST UNITS SOLD 1 FEAT. T.I. & PHARRELL / 6,498,000 2 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. / 6,148,000 3 IMAGINE DRAGONS / RADIOACTIVE 5,496,000 4 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE / CRUISE 4,691,000 5 / ROYALS 4,415,000 6 KATY PERRY / ROAR 4,410,000 7 P!NK FEAT. / 4,321,000 8 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. / CAN’T HOLD US 4,260,000 9 BRUNO MARS / 3,928,000 10 FEAT. MIKKY EKKO / 3,854,000

11 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review 2013 TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS (BASED ON TOTAL ALBUM SALES IN 2013) ARTIST UNITS SOLD 1 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 3,445,000 2 LUKE BRYAN 2,740,000 3 EMINEM 2,518,000 4 ONE DIRECTION 1,970,000 5 BLAKE SHELTON 1,720,000 6 BRUNO MARS 1,708,000 7 DRAKE 1,605,000 8 BEYONCE 1,573,000 9 MUMFORD & SONS 1,534,000 10 IMAGINE DRAGONS 1,434,000

2013 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS ARTIST/TITLE UNITS SOLD 1 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 1,026,000 2 BEYONCE / BEYONCE 972,000 3 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 833,000 4 EMINEM / MARSHALL MATHERS LP2 777,000 5 DRAKE / NOTHING WAS THE SAME 689,000 6 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS / THE HEIST 658,000 7 JAY Z / MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL 640,000 8 PITCH PERFECT / SOUNDTRACK 559,000 9 MUMFORD & SONS / BABEL 556,000 10 BRUNO MARS / UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX 524,000

2013 TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS TITLE/ARTIST STREAMS 1 / BAAUER 489,674,000 2 / PSY 279,949,000 3 THRIFT SHOP / MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. WANZ 256,954,000 4 WRECKING BALL / MILEY CYRUS 187,648,000 5 RADIOACTIVE / IMAGINE DRAGONS 171,286,000 6 WE CAN’T STOP / MILEY CYRUS 155,356,000 7 BLURRED LINES / ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. + PHARRELL 138,790,000 8 CAN’T HOLD US / MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. RAY DALTON 135,758,000 9 SAIL / AWOLNATION 134,483,000 10 / DRAKE 125,465,000

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 12 2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS – ALL U.S. RADIO TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 BLURRED LINES / ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. + PHARRELL 672,664 2 MIRRORS / JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 567,830 3 STAY / RIHANNA FEAT. MIKKY EKKO 518,809 4 WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN / BRUNO MARS 517,347 5 / BRUNO MARS 514,216 6 HO HEY / LUMINEERS 502,303 7 RADIOACTIVE / IMAGINE DRAGONS 493,058 8 JUST GIVE ME A REASON / P!NK FEAT. NATE RUESS 479,173 9 CAN’T HOLD US / MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. RAY DALTON 464,214 10 SUIT & TIE / JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEAT. JAY Z 462,255

2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS - TOP 40 TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 CAN’T HOLD US / MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. RAY DALTON 438,000 2 BLURRED LINES / ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. + PHARRELL 419,000 3 THRIFT SHOP / MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. WANZ 403,000 4 MIRRORS / JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 397,000 5 STAY / RIHANNA FEAT. MIKKY EKKO 351,000 6 DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD / SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FEAT. JOHN MARTIN 342,000 7 LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN / BRUNO MARS 330,000 8 WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN / BRUNO MARS 330,000 9 GET LUCKY / DAFT PUNK FEAT. 329,000 10 CLARITY / FEAT. FOXES 318,000

2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS - COUNTRY TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 WAGON WHEEL / 195,000 2 DOWNTOWN / LADY ANTEBELLUM 188,000 3 MAMA’S BROKEN HEART / 185,000 4 GET YOUR SHINE ON / FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 184,000 5 DON’T YA / 182,000 6 DONE. / 180,000 7 RUNNIN’ OUTTA MOONLIGHT / RANDY HOUSER 178,000 8 ALL OVER THE ROAD / 177,000 9 ANYWHERE WITH YOU / 175,000 10 SURE BE COOL IF YOU DID / BLAKE SHELTON 175,000

13 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review 2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS – LATIN TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 Y TE VAS / BANDA CARNAVAL 83,000 2 EL RUIDO DE TUS ZAPATOS / LA ARROLLADORA BANDA EL LIMON DE RENE CAMACHO 82,000 3 LA MEJOR DE TODAS / BANDA EL RECODO DE CRUZ LIZARRAGA 81,000 4 Y AHORA RESULTA / VOZ DE MANDO 80,000 5 TE AMO (PARA SIEMPRE ) / INTOCABLE 76,000 6 VIVIR MI VIDA / MARC ANTHONY 72,000 7 ADIVINA / NOEL TORRES 71,000 8 ME GUSTABAS / HERMANOS VEGA JR. 71,000 9 LIMBO / 68,000 10 DAMASO GERARDO / ORTIZ 67,000

2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS – ADULT CONTEMPORARY TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 HO HEY / LUMINEERS 247,000 2 JUST GIVE ME A REASON / P!NK FEAT. NATE RUESS 225,000 3 DAYLIGHT / 214,000 4 CATCH MY BREATH / 203,000 5 TRY / P!NK 195,000 6 HOME / 191,000 7 GONE, GONE, GONE / PHILLIP PHILLIPS 191,000 8 WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN / BRUNO MARS 180,000 9 I WILL WAIT / MUMFORD & SONS 167,000 10 STAY / RIHANNA FEAT. MIKKY EKKO 164,000

2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS – ALTERNATIVE/ TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 RADIOACTIVE / IMAGINE DRAGONS 132,000 2 SAFE AND SOUND / CITIES 88,000 3 SWEATER WEATHER / NEIGHBOURHOOD 83,000 4 DEMONS / IMAGINE DRAGONS 81,000 5 MADNESS / MUSE 80,000 6 MOUNTAIN SOUND / 76,000 7 OUT OF MY LEAGUE / FITZ & THE TANTRUMS 73,000 8 / BLACK KEYS 65,000 9 HO HEY / LUMINEERS 61,000 10 I WILL WAIT / MUMFORD & SONS 61,000

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 14 2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS – R&B TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 ADORN / MIGUEL 158,000 2 BLURRED LINES / ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. + PHARRELL 122,000 3 BAD / FEAT. 122,000 4 POWER TRIP / J. COLE FEAT. MIGUEL 119,000 5 LOVE AND WAR / 118,000 6 / RIHANNA 117,000 7 HOW MANY DRINKS? / MIGUEL 105,000 8 BODY PARTY / 97,000 9 SUIT & TIE / JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEAT. JAY Z 96,000 10 POETIC JUSTICE / FEAT. DRAKE 92,000

2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS – SATELLITE & NETWORK RADIO (INCLUDES DATA FROM SERVICES INCLUDING SIRIUS XM, MUSIC CHOICE, WESTWOODONE, NETWORKS, ETC.) TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 BLURRED LINES / ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. + PHARRELL 10,800 2 HO HEY / LUMINEERS 10,200 3 JUST GIVE ME A REASON / P!NK FEAT. NATE RUESS 9,500 4 LOVE SOMEBODY / MAROON 5 9,400 5 CRUISE / FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 9,300 6 DAYLIGHT / MAROON 5 9,300 7 ADORN / MIGUEL 9,200 8 SAFE AND SOUND / CAPITAL CITIES 9,100 9 HOME / PHILLIP PHILLIPS 8,900 10 TRY / P!NK 8,800

2013 TOP 10 MOST PLAYED VIDEOS – ALL VIDEO CHANNELS TITLE/ARTIST DETECTIONS 1 BLURRED LINES / ROBIN THICKE FEAT. T.I. + PHARRELL 3043 2 SUIT & TIE / JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEAT. JAY Z 2078 3 BOYS ‘ROUND HERE / BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. & FRIENDS 2070 4 ZUMBA / DON OMAR 2040 5 LIMBO / DADDY YANKEE 1948 6 MAMA’S BROKEN HEART / MIRANDA LAMBERT 1940 7 CRUISE / FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 1882 8 / 1811 9 WAGON WHEEL / DARIUS RUCKER 1775 10 / CARRIE UNDERWOOD 1765

15 U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review TOP SELLING ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (BASED ON ALBUM SALES FROM 1991 – 12/29/2013) ARTIST/ TITLE UNITS SOLD 1 / METALLICA 15,948,000 2 / 15,547,000 3 / 14,895,000 4 BEATLES / BEATLES 1 12,281,000 5 / MILLENNIUM 12,241,000 6 BODYGUARD / SOUNDTRACK 12,085,000 7 SANTANA / SUPERNATURAL 11,792,000 8 CREED / HUMAN CLAY 11,674,000 9 & THE WAILERS / LEGEND 11,458,000 10 ‘N SYNC / NO STRINGS ATTACHED 11,152,000

TOP SELLING ARTISTS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (BASED ON ALBUM SALES FROM 1991 – 12/29/2013) ARTIST UNITS SOLD 1 69,424,000 2 BEATLES 64,111,000 3 54,209,000 4 METALLICA 54,129,000 5 52,159,000 6 44,781,000 7 EMINEM 44,469,000 8 TIM MCGRAW 41,844,000 9 40,361,000 10 38,508,000

TOP SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (BASED ON SONG SALES FROM 2003 – 12/29/2013) ARTIST/ TITLE UNITS SOLD 1 / I GOTTA FEELING 8,438,000 2 / 8,060,000 3 LMFAO F. &G / 7,821,000 4 GOTYE F. KIMBRA / SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW 7,545,000 5 / 7,304,000 6 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS / THRIFT SHOP 7,266,000 7 LADY GAGA / POKER FACE 7,054,000 8 FEAT. T-PAIN / LOW 6,882,000 9 LADY GAGA / JUST DANCE 6,860,000 10 FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE / WE ARE YOUNG 6,830,000

U.S. Music Industry Year-End Review Copyright © 2013 The Nielsen Company 16 TOP SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (BASED ON ALBUM SALES FROM 2003 – 12/29/2013) ARTIST /TITLE UNITS SOLD 1 ADELE / 21 3,009,000 2 MUMFORD & SONS / SIGH NO MORE 1,676,000 3 MUMFORD & SONS / BABEL 1,334,000 4 EMINEM / RECOVERY 1,300,000 5 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 1,157,000 6 / RED 1,135,000 7 LADY GAGA / FAME 1,086,000 8 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 1,026,000 9 BEYONCE / BEYONCE 972,000 10 LUMINEERS / LUMINEERS 956,000

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